Fig 3. 
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A. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) of HMelleborus viridis, a leafy trichasium with some 
tertiary floral branching. 
B. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) of Helleborus niger, consisting merely of terminal and 
one laterai flower; no foliage, only bracts, g. Ground-level. 
C. Inflorescence of Helleborus fetidus, a pleiochasium with di- and trichasial branching 
Note non-foliar character of the bracts. 
